<div dir="ltr">Hah, I don't think that would fix anything though. We'd just be viewed as super-inclusive. I think if we just have one small body of people who made all the decisions, that might actually turn out decent. The original founders of the Hacker Dojo had the right ideas, so if they continued to be the sole source of direction, we might actually turn out better. Pure democracy just doesn't work here. Noisebridge seems to have the same kind of problem.<div>
<br><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 12:21 PM, Adrian Chadd <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adrian.chadd@gmail.com" target="_blank">adrian.chadd@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="im">On 7 January 2014 12:06, Dean Mao <<a href="mailto:dean.mao@hackerdojo.com">dean.mao@hackerdojo.com</a>> wrote:<br>

> I think this happens with online communities as well. Reddit was previously<br>
> a place to discuss science & politics. Now it's mostly filled with pun or<br>
> funny posts of people trying to one-up with every reply. The first year of<br>
> the Hacker Dojo was probably similar to noisebridge as well -- we had great<br>
> events & visitors. Jeri Ellsworth came by to show off her stuff and take<br>
> questions for example, but now we've only had mostly "valley" meetup groups<br>
> who need a venue.<br>
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</div>We can fix this. Just stop +1'ing events that don't fit into our grand<br>
scheme and invite others to participate in the experiment. :-)<br>
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That's the problem with being inclusionary - the direction can change,<br>
and not for the better.<br>
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</font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br>Dean Mao<br><a href="mailto:dean.mao@hackerdojo.com">dean.mao@hackerdojo.com</a><br>Come visit us, we love new people!<br><a href="http://www.hackerdojo.com">www.hackerdojo.com</a>
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